Mechanism for cleaning and polishing thread



(No Model.)

I G. ELLIS. Mechanism for Cleaning and Polishing Thread.

Patented July 6,1880.

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N-PEYERQ, PNOTO-UTHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D O.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES ELLIS, OF CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MECHANISM FOR CLEANING AND POLISHING THREAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,686, dated July 6, 1880.

Application filed April 16, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES ELLIS, of Canton, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mechanism for Cleaning and Polishing Thread, and I do hereby declare the same to be described in the following specification and represented in the accompanyin g drawings, of which- Figure l is a front elevation, Fig. 2 a side view, and Fig. 3 avertical section, of mechanism embracing my invention, the nature of which is defined in the claims hereinafter presented.

In the drawings, A denotes a vertical post or standard extending upward from a base, B, and provided with a series or arbors, C C and D D, projectingfroin it horizontally, each of the arbors C being rigidly fixed to the standard, while each of the other arbors, D D, is adapted thereto so as to be capable of being moved or adjusted endwise, and of being fixed in position by a set-screw, a, projecting from a neck, b, extending from the standard, in manner as represented. Each of the said arbors receives upon it, or extends into, in manner as shown, the sleeve or tubular shank c of one of a series of flanged rolls, E F, arranged as represented. Each of the rolls has a tapering flange, G, as shown, each roll E having its flange at its outer end, while each roll F has its flange at its inner end. In or der to keep each of the rolls in place on and to admit of its revolving upon its arbor, a screw, (7, is screwed into the head 0 of the shank of the roll and extended into a groove, f, cut in and entirely around the arbor.

From the base B an arm, H, projects, and is provided with a spindle, k, to receive and support a spool, I, upon which the thread, whether made of silk or other material, is to be wound preparatory to being led to and around the series of rolls, there being above such series a grooved wheel, M, arranged to revolve on a fixed arbor, N. That face of each flange which is next to the roll belonging to said flange is slightly tapering or conical, as represented.

The thread from the spool is firstled underneath the lower roller E, and thence upward over and around-the roller and toward the spool, thence down around and underneath the roller and upward against its flange, and thence to the next roller above-via, F-about (No model.)

which the thread is wound once, and passes between the coil and the next adjacent flange; thence the thread continues upward to the next roller E and is wound in a helix coil about the same, the said helix being pitched toward the flange of the roller. From the second roller E the thread continues to and around the uppermost roller in the same manner in which it was carried around the lower roller F. From the upper roller F the thread continues to the grooved periphery of the wheel to which it is fastened. On revolving the wheel the thread will be Wound thereon, and will be drawn from the spool and on and off the rollers, and parts of it on each will be caused to rub or run against each other, whereby the thread will be cleansed and polished.

The object of having each of the roll-arbors D movable or adjustable, as explained, is to vary the pressure against each other of the parts of each coil of thread that by rubbing or running against each other operate to remove extraneous matters from and smooth the thread.

The flange G of each of the rollers F is at the inner end of such roller-that is, at the junction of the roller with its tubular shank c.

As hereinbefore stated, each roller E has its flange at its outer end, while each of the rollers F has its flange atits inner end. These flanges being so arranged, they hold the thread from running off the rollers, it, when the rollers are properly adjusted, being kept close up to the flanges thereof in a manner to cause it, on running on and off each roller, to so work as to remove from it (the said thread) extraneous matters or filaments and smooth or polish it.

I claim as my invention as follows:

1. The combination of the rolls E, having flanges at their outer ends, and also having stationary arbors, with the rolls F, having flanges at their inner ends, or their junctions with their shanks, and provided with adjustable arbors and means of clamping them in position, as set forth.

2. The combination of the rolls E, having stationary arbors, with the rolls F, provided with the adjustable arbors and means of clamping them in position, as set forth.

. CHARLES ELLIS.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, W. W. LUNT. 

